Tovli "Linnie" Simiryan lives with her husband Yosif in West Virginia. A member of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, she appreciates the importance of spirituality in Jewish religious life.
"Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks in from the windows; he peers through the lattice." (Song of Songs, 2:9)
Early in our marriage, my husband and I shopped for groceries every Sunday-not a simple event. Mama went with us. Each week we guided my husband's eighty-some year old mother to the car. She took tiny steps and held her son's arm as though she was walking a tight-rope. I took her opposite elbow and between the two of us, we placed her gently in the back seat and buckled her in. She would nod a thank you to her son and motion her daughter-in-law to stop fussing and get in the car. She was safe, thanks to family and God.
